Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). But some of our largest investments have come from all across the country: BillMeLater (Baltimore, $1 billion eBay), DealerTrack (NYC, $1.3 billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I sell thermometers and thermal imagers, and write reviews on popular products. How to best describe our product and what we stand for? Vintage would be misleading, but About Vintage is a spot on description of how our products look and feel like. We radiate our clients message/brand/product to the people that need it.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The acquisition gives Under Armour, based in Baltimore, more digital products and solutions to help athletes train and perform. Under Armour announced Thursday it has acquired Austin-based MapMyFitness for $150 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. MapMyFitness’ 100 employees will remain in Austin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas. Here are 10 famous people who flourished after being laid off: 1.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Often, this is a product of the “quantity drives quality” line of reasoning – the higher the volume of leads generated, the more likely it is that some of them will be “good.” How Lead Scoring Increases Marketing ROI & Sales Productivity. focusing your sales team’s time and effort on those leads that are qualified.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

Costello took her flagship product, a cake mix that pet parents can make for their dogs, on the hit show “Shark Tank.” I just went out and tried to make a great product, but didn’t start building a business until after I went on Shark Tank and realized that I didn’t have a business worth buying,” she says.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2014

By Mark Divine with Allyson Edelhertz Machate, authors of “ The Way of the SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed “ In this exercise, you will work through a mock mission plan related to either your business or personal life – for example, to launch a new product, service, or venue, or to lose weight.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2018

“The corrugated industry is not the sexiest,” observes Jeff Smith, the HR manager for SUN Automation, a Baltimore-based manufacturer of corrugated packaging equipment and parts. That emotional connection to people, he says, results in getting “the most productivity and the highest quality work.”

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Its great to have another innovative, research university in the Baltimore-DC metro entering the business school market. I have been excited about the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School for a few years now. I have posted on their innovative programs.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Its great to have another innovative, research university in the Baltimore-DC metro entering the business school market. I have been excited about the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School for a few years now. I have posted on their innovative programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. They haven’t launched their next gen product – watch this space. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. No Dave S. =

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. ” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service. I get many Tweets directed at me that say, “come check out my product.” Meet in person.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2016

2 – New Product. Customers are won and products are built by great team members. This invite was extended after the wife of a Baltimore (MD) doctor read my book, Anna’s Journey: How many lives does one person get? Thanks to Jenny Dorsey, Jenny Dorsey Culinary Consulting ! #2 Image Credit: Lisa Spector.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. And then the world changed. I’ve outlined some of the changes in the following posts: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. Since selling takes time, effort and focus – figuring out who wants or needs your unique product offering is what increases your win ratios and thus your top-line revenue.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

There are a lot of aspects to this ranging from finding your first paying customer and validating your idea to putting together a minimum viable product that lets you learn about your business as quickly as possible. Be able to talk about your competitors products and differentiate your product. Be realistic. Mar 10, 2011.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

Photoccino’s advanced image analysis and selection technologies will be integrated into products across the Shutterfly, Tiny Prints, Wedding Paper Divas, and Treat brands. Britain’s Apax Partners in cooperation with Baltimore, Maryland’s JMI Equity has purchased the US-Israeli software company Paradigm for $1 billion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 6, 2018

I remember very early on when Baltimore turned Giving Tuesday into BMore Gives More--Baltimore Gives More. They decided they were going to make it all about how generous Baltimore is. They all now connect with one-another in dynamic and productive ways, but without a top-down old power mentality.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2015

You see … the other people of the world who have been productive in many parts of the world outside of their homeland but blamed constantly for being “different” or for “taking resources” are the Jewish people throughout history. People are always looking for scapegoats.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 21, 2015

Life Hacks Learned in Prison That Will Maximize Your Productivity crowdspring.co/1J01How. 15 Little Phrases That Will Make You Remarkably More Productive crowdspring.co/1f4cvpt. Photo, Wikimedia Commons: Interior of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Great Manager – buff.ly/1fd3xXa.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2020

And I was training in East Baltimore at the time and most of my patients were intercity members of the Baltimore community. Also, it is a cluster of diseases that disproportionately affected people at the other end of the economic spectrum. And you would expect your return to be several years down the road.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I also strongly encourage people to read as a companion book Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book Between the World and Me describing his life growing up in poor Black neighborhoods in Baltimore and then his journey to NYC. I want to channel my anger into something productive and that requires acceptance. I must turn over a new leaf.

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